I'm Gherald L. and this is a place to journal and rant inexpertly about whatever interests me.
At present this includes humor, freethought, liberty, laissez-faire economics, pragmatic politics, and foreign policy of the realism school.
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“Much indeed to be regretted, party disputes are now carried to such a length, and truth is so enveloped in mist and false representation, that it is extremely difficult to know through what channel to seek it. This difficulty to one, who is of no party, and whose sole wish is to pursue with undeviating steps a path which would lead this country to respectability, wealth, and happiness, is exceedingly to be lamented. But such, for wise purposes, it is presumed, is the turbulence of human passions in party disputes, when victory more than truth is the palm contended for,”
Brickbat: To Observe, not Report
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A police officer in Miami, Florida has been suspended pending an
investigation into an incident in which she sat in… The post Brickbat: To
Observe, not Rep...
No Satire this Time
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A few days ago, I tried my hand at satire, using Trump’s ridiculous levying
of tariffs on a couple of remote penguin-inhabited islands as background.
It ...
The Place of Family and Religion in Civil Society
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Those concerned about the future of American civil society should consider
how family and religion contribute to its stability. While maintaining the
separ...
A Glimpse of Hell
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Via Religion News: HOT SPRINGS, N.C. (RNS) — For years, liberals — even
liberal people of faith — have been wary of fusions of faith and politics,
careful ...
Move to the Reason site
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(Eugene Volokh)
We’ve moved to the *Reason* site — at http://reason.com/volokh — as part of
a new joint venture with *Reason*; if you aren’t redirected au...
Adjust contrast of a pdf free
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Closer to the eye of the shooter, this is because Preview is quite
literally applying a filter to each individual page of the PDF you are
saving. the proce...
Cellular Phone Plans for Teens
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Look around the mall and you will notice teen after teen either talking or
texting on a cell phone. With such a large consumer base, you would think
that t...
The Years Of Writing Dangerously
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Thirteen years ago, as I was starting to experiment with this blogging
thing, I wrote the following: [T]he speed with which an idea in your head
reaches th...
Cantor 'stunned' by Virginia Tech shootings
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Thursday that he was
“saddened and stunned” at the news that two people, including a poli
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